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    Corvette ZR1 Race Car Crashes At Watkins Glen

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    Image of F150HD F150HD
    10/07/09

    In reply to Corvette ZR1 Race Car Crashes At Watkins Glen
    If anybody puts that engine in a soccer mom Volvo I will loose fait in ummanity! This kind of engine belongs in a real car like a Chevell or a 60's Camaro or even an S-10. No swedish crap could handle that manly muscle! It would be like building a Go Kart with a GSX-R engine out of a fridge cardboard box!
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    Image of MushyHeirloom MushyHeirloom
    10/08/09

    @F150HD: People do those swaps to piss off people like you, you know. And it works.

    Enjoy this supercharged big-block in a lovely... Volvo station wagon.
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    Image of Novaload Novaload
    10/07/09

    In reply to Corvette ZR1 Race Car Crashes At Watkins Glen
    Houston, we have a problem.
    Re-entry's a bitch.
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    Image of lilwillie lilwillie
    10/07/09

    In reply to Corvette ZR1 Race Car Crashes At Watkins Glen
    sniff...sniff. Poor little thing.
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    Image of Chris.W Chris.W
    10/07/09

    In reply to Corvette ZR1 Race Car Crashes At Watkins Glen
    [racing.itfais.com]

    Skip to 8:45 for the track re-entry fail.
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    Captain Liverspots promoted this comment Chris.W was starred Chris.W was unstarred
    Image of Captain Liverspots Captain Liverspots
    10/07/09

    @Chris.W:

    That Vette driver was taking more different lines than Wall Street in the '80s. I can't say I'm surprised he stuffed it.
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    Image of threewheel42000001002003 threewheel42000001002003
    10/07/09

    In reply to Corvette ZR1 Race Car Crashes At Watkins Glen
    I can see how that accident happened...it is very important to get the power down coming out of 8, since 9 is just shy of flat out...but there is very little runoff (about 3 ft) on the outside of 8...so a little too much gas, and an attempted steering correction puts you right in the blue guardrail
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    Image of billybobster billybobster
    10/06/09

    In reply to Corvette ZR1 Race Car Crashes At Watkins Glen
    You will know us by the trail of parts.
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    Image of Ray Wert Ray Wert
    10/07/09

    @billybobster: That'll get you a tentative star...pending you saying anything unworthy of said compliment, of course.
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    Image of Jeb_Hoge Jeb_Hoge
    10/06/09

    In reply to Corvette ZR1 Race Car Crashes At Watkins Glen
    Build a Factory Five GTM using the ZR1's salvageable parts.
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    Image of tollberg tollberg
    10/06/09

    @Jeb_Hoge: This is a brilliant idea. But could the Porsche GT3 transaxle handle that kind of power?
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    Image of F1Morgan F1Morgan
    10/07/09

    @Jeb_Hoge: I love my FFR Daytona, never liked the GTM but its quick..
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    Jeb_Hoge promoted this comment F1Morgan was starred F1Morgan was unstarred
    Image of Jeb_Hoge Jeb_Hoge
    10/07/09

    @tollberg: Only one way to find out. :)
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    Image of Jeb_Hoge Jeb_Hoge
    10/07/09

    @F1Morgan: Mmmm, I was looking at the FFR website last night and dreaming of a Daytona of my own.
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    Image of Leeeeena the Jalopchick Leeeeena the Jalopchick
    10/07/09

    @Jeb_Hoge: That is the best idea I have ever heard in my life for anything.
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    Image of CTS-V CTS-V
    10/06/09

    In reply to Corvette ZR1 Race Car Crashes At Watkins Glen
    idiot
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    BrAff promoted this comment CTS-V was starred CTS-V was unstarred
    Image of Braff Braff
    10/06/09

    @CTS-V: why? for driving a ZR1 at high speeds on a closed race track?
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    Image of wolfie351 wolfie351
    10/07/09

    @CTS-V: Idiots are the ones who pay lots of money for fast cars who never use them. Much respect from me, I've spun my car many times on the track because I actually push it to it's limits
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    Image of Leeeeena the Jalopchick Leeeeena the Jalopchick
    10/07/09

    @wolfie351: Either that, or because you're pushing it past your limits. ;)
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    Image of eggwich del fiero eggwich del fiero
    10/06/09

    In reply to Corvette ZR1 Race Car Crashes At Watkins Glen
    Glickenhaus can have his shmancy pretend race car. This guy RULES in my book.
    "Oh, that ZR1? I crashed it. But here's a new one!"
    THAT'S the life I want to live. And I realize it would probably be a short life.
    Also, Ben, this line is incredible: "Asking a tipster for details on a race car is like asking for directions while your wife and her mother and her father are in the car." Ha!
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    Image of BigEngineSmallCar BigEngineSmallCar
    10/06/09

    In reply to Corvette ZR1 Race Car Crashes At Watkins Glen
    Wait wait wait... this guy is driving a RACE PREPPED and TUNED ZR1 and he is going to race schools trying to get his NASA license!?!?! (no offense to NASA I have a lot of friends who run awesome cars with them) Sounds to me like this accident is just too much much car for too little skill. (No offense intended) But try something along the lines of a Miata or at least a regular Corvette before jumping into something that would be illegal in any other sanctioning body.
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    Image of Deartháir II Deartháir II
    10/06/09

    @BigEngineSmallCar: The tipster misunderstood. They meant the NASA engineerd worked for before they fired his ass. The one with the big pointy explody things that make a lot of noise and bring me my high-def TV from space.
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    Image of BigEngineSmallCar BigEngineSmallCar
    10/06/09

    @Deartháir II: The Return: That under funded government agency? Ah yes I know them! They get singled out because their name has 4 letters instead of 3 and the 3 lettered agencies are jealous!
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    Image of Deartháir II Deartháir II
    10/06/09

    In reply to Corvette ZR1 Race Car Crashes At Watkins Glen
    That motor would fit REALLY nicely in Matt's Volvo...

    Okay, not really nicely, but with a bit of work...

    A bit of work with a sawzall, a plasma cutter, a few different welders, a sledgehammer, and some KY Jelly. But it would all be worth it.

    And no, Ben, it can't go in the Continental. That's sacrilege. That needs the new Coyote or Roadrunner engine.
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    Image of Matt Hardigree Matt Hardigree
    10/06/09

    @Deartháir II: The Return: I'd make it fit.
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    Image of Deartháir II Deartháir II
    10/06/09

    @Matt Hardigree: Can I help? I've got my own Mechanix gloves!
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    Image of uncleben uncleben
    10/06/09

    @Deartháir II: The Return: That's all the qualification needed right, Mechanix gloves. Then I am so ready.

    It is pretty sad that it had to happen on his first "competitive" race but hey he's going to get another so it's not so bad.
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    Deartháir II: The Return promoted this comment Edited by uncleben at 10/06/09 10:08 PM uncleben was starred uncleben was unstarred
    Image of Deartháir II Deartháir II
    10/06/09

    @uncleben: I can't see any further qualifications being needed. I mean, hell, I've rebuilt enough SBC's in my time, a ZR1 engine can't be any different, can it?
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    Image of Turboner Turboner
    10/03/09

    In reply to How We Built A 638 HP LS9 Engine For A Corvette ZR1
    Great piece. The article's good, too ;)

    BTW, I think you left out a few camshafts...
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    Image of HoonThatFerrari HoonThatFerrari
    10/02/09

    In reply to How We Built A 638 HP LS9 Engine For A Corvette ZR1
    Great post, Wodzilla! Both the pics & description. And congrats on your LS9 "Ben-gine".
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    Image of skierpage skierpage
    10/02/09

    In reply to How We Built A 638 HP LS9 Engine For A Corvette ZR1
    @Ben,
    The greatest post ever on this site, even better than Ken Imhoff's basement Lambo.

    Making things is vital to a country's soul. The heartbeat of America!
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    Image of Otto Suksumake Otto Suksumake
    10/02/09

    In reply to How We Built A 638 HP LS9 Engine For A Corvette ZR1
    I have to say, I think GM is the world leader in mass-produced engines.

    Now to apply their expertise in HP to fuel economy...
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    skierpage promoted this comment Otto Suksumake was starred Otto Suksumake was unstarred
    Image of skierpage skierpage
    10/02/09

    @Otto Suksumake:
    GM will be happy to sell you a Chevy Volt around November 2010 that gets infinite fuel economy for 40 miles, 230 MPG equivalent in "new math", and perhaps 50 MPG after the battery runs down.
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